The Aurora SH0030 single mode refuses to light up. Life is too short to sort that out just now. Neither of the Smallsun C3 clones will work, and more annoyingly, the zoom headlamp just removed from its box to try this is refusing to work. I'll not name the retailer till they've had time to sort this out. All the others will at least emit light. Time to brew some coffee and turn them all on. So down to 17 lights...
I'm pretty sure the Zebralight will win - It is rated for 3 days at 3 lumens with a 2700mAh cell
Kickoff time was between 18:00 and 18:01 (GMT+1). The Aurora SH-035 clearly has suicidal tendencies as it has dived for the floor twice already - it really doesn't tailstand all that well.
Out of curiosity... whats the light one the front, the first one which look like a headlamp for 1 AA in black with an orange side click? I woul love one lik that at 10$ (wishing...)
It is a zooming headlamp that takes an AA and arrived this morning. Sadly, it appears to have been DOA. I'll say more once I've had time to contact the retailer and see if they'll sort it out. It was around $11 and has an XR-E EZ900 which means Q or better bin i think.
Let´s see if they will offer 1$ discount coupon on your next purchase to "solve" the problem..................(as they did with me) jajajajajaj
EDIT:
Now I am even more dissaponited...
I tried to use the discount coupon of 1$ they gave me. I placed an order of 2USD, inserted the coupon and the system said "Sorry, this 1$ coupon discount is only valid for orders above 5USD, please insert another"
I'll not say till I hear from the distributor concerned. At this point, I don't want to have any influence over anyone else - I want to see how they handle it.
I would regard the behaviour mentioned as unacceptable - I'm looking for a refund or replacement.
Quite deliberately, the account name and email I use are not the ones I use here.
There are now two tabs on the spreadsheet - one labelled "With Runtimes".
These are not formal runtimes which would be to 50% output - these numbers are till the light is dim enough to comfortably look into the LED. Official runtimes would be a little shorter. However, once NiMH cells hit a certain level of discharge the voltage and output drop like a rock so there is not a huge difference.
By 1V an NiMH cell is essentially completely discharged.
Hey Don, out of all your 1AA lights, what would be your 1AA NiMH Top 5? I ask because I'm looking at putting a Christmas list together of 1AA flashlights for my friends and family. Thank you sir.